Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-04-08
in,--i. r nn, detailed MAJ. $. A. Jonas of


hi on for ghtt ity.
President Cle,e and received a letter the
other dav containing n $500 gold certificate
and "A note saying: The money i Tor |
custom house duty" il was credited to |
the cons cienceN fund.
The civil service commissioners say that
here : a scarcity of male stenographers
who are also type writer's. The salary IN
thi branch OF public service range from
COZ TO l,s0) per annum.
Judge Cooley has been chosen for chalr-
man of the interstate commerce commis
sion The members of the commission
called on the President in body on she
3lst ult after which they were duly sworn
Gabriel Dumont, the military genius OF
the Riel rebellion, says that Big Bear son
had written TO him from sun river asking
his advice about the invasion OF the Cana
dian territory Ponie, and everything
we're at their disposal.
The wealthies t Chinaman in Wichita
sam VIM, was fatally stabbed the other
day viii q sitting in his fan Y ~oods store
| The a. ASSN slipped up behind him, buried
"A dirl, in his back, and escaped un cen
The President has appointed Charles =
Fair ,hild as secretary of tie treasury
AMI Isaac ". Maynard as Sis ant secrc
tarv. Both gentlemen entere upon tn
dutie, of their respect We Office Apni ISL
Mr.. Angus Cameron wife of the eN sen
ator ON Wisconsin attempted suicide
ly drowning AT Lacrosse the other night.
Since being hurt in collision on the
BIZ okivn and New York ferry she has
been mentally unsound
The PENNSYLVANIA legislature has adopt
ell resolutions consuming the British gov
eminent for its heart.ess cruelty toward
Irel nd. and extending sympathy to Par
nell aud Gl dstone in their effort 10 pre-
vent outrages on Irish liberty.
special Inspector Of the 10 toilice de
nartnent has ARE ted VIM A.Clarke Of
the New York postoflico ON whom the
theft of a $1,000 regi tered package from
Portland ore. was fastene !. lie comics O.
the theft of 60 registered package.
The Hon. Thomas @. Reynolds commit
ted suicide AZ II. Leu hy pl ng,u1 down
the elevator shaft in the custom house
in his pocket wa, found "A letter Stain
that ne was troubled with insomnia anc
visions and expressed fears that he should
, lose his rca ON.
Io.eph Sommers, who dslocated hi
nee, hva lau from his front steps II
! Brootlvn lat October. died in a hospita
"a few DAYS .inc .. lie was entirely paralyze !
The doctor, attempted &c ct the neck, on'
/, for n while IL YVES thought the operation
would prove successful.
The elegant Hotel Del Monte at Monte
I rev. Cal, was totally destroyed by fire III
other night All of the 30 inmates Is
, capped. although several were injured Il
a the confusion attending the hui
ried evacuation of the burning building
4 The loss is fully 81 10000.
9, Judge John W. Harris. a veteran men
Der of the Texa, bar, died at Galveston
the lst inst. aged - years. Deceased wa
ia the first attorney general of Texas an
was distinguished as the foremost lawys
Of the bar in the days of the repubI p II
= ocrupied many honorable position durin
his long career lie leaves an estate Va
uel at 81 100000.
-, W. X. Rogers wealthy citizen OF ;
=. mona Cal, Ia, been identified a Nllla
Ei,sqne. notori us swindier, and q
man who wa. implicated in the conspir
CIV 10 defraud insurance companie' /
burning the steamer Martha NashnstC
i'm ISL. He .eems al~o so h7ve been ono
the Nicaraguon Glibusters in D.
j., The special agent of the ner u land
fee AT Washington who W sent out la
wear to investigate the red wo'
fraud OF ca ifornia in Redwood and HUI
holt counties. reports that he ha, succee
cd in uuearth' NJ the most comp etc sl
-. tenn of fraud that has ever been know
- by winch the 90, eminent ha been cheat
% ont of about 0aUu0t0l
The business lures of tue three mont
80. ending March 81, rs reported 10y Il. L u
-, X Co. number 30DS, against 32o3 for
- same quarter of lNs6. The comparati
ab,..ti 5 for the corresponding peric
49,. were. 1854, S32lGl,o0o; 1s,6 S2aG'LO1o.
-, Canada the failures for the same peri
en- were 3o3 AGAINST $50 in lS,G hahilit
Sa6pa0l0 against S&4i2oJO.
., Entire for Nh national drill T. Toe h
49,. I'm Washington tie last week in May clos
~, on the 2d inst. number Of entries
vet recorded are distributed IS folio
,uon, the Il Feren' branches of the Z
-. vice. Regimcntal drill .: battalion, .;
~ tiI,ery. e. Cat in gun, 3; infantry com
ME. g.: ho5l cadet corls e; zouave
ion individual driu, about -; rifle pract
80 about ~: military bands AMI Dir
:, corps, about p.